Yea it's "old school" politics but of the 7 convicted so far all are from NYC, Long Island area,NY sounds like LA on a corrupt politicians scale...
Hubris at it's best, they were indignant about being caught like how dare the feds arrest me, and then
they filled for their retirement right after they were busted. Fortunately the last two had their assets frozen
until fines are levied,
I worked for the state for 26 yrs. and I've been loving every minute of this.